2014 US Open (tennis)

2014 US Open (tennis)
The 2014 US Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 134th edition of the US Open, the fourth and final Grand Slam event of the year. It took place at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center.
Rafael Nadal was the defending champion in the men's event; however, on August 18, the Spaniard announced his withdrawal from the event after failing to recover from a wrist injury, while Serena Williams was the two-time defending champion in the women's event.
In the men's singles competition, Marin Čilić won his first grand slam, while Serena Williams won her Open era record-tying sixth title in the women's singles competition, tying Chris Evert, and her eighteenth grand slam title, tying Evert and Martina Navratilova. Winning the men's doubles, Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan became the most victorious doubles team in Open era history at the tournament, and this was the team's 100th title together and sixteenth grand slam title tying Todd Woodbridge for the Open era record. Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina won women's doubles competition title, becoming two-time grand slam champions with their victory at the 2013 French Open. The winning mixed doubles team was Sania Mirza and Bruno Soares, and for Mirza it was her third mixed doubles grand slam title in her career and Soares' second grand slam title for his career. It was Soares' second US Open title in mixed doubles, and it was the first for Mirza.
Tournament
The 2014 US Open was the 134th edition of the tournament and it is held at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows–Corona Park of Queens in New York City, United States.
The tournament was an event run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and was part of the 2014 ATP World Tour and the 2014 WTA Tour calendars under the Grand Slam category. The tournament consisted of both men's and women's singles and doubles draws as well as a mixed doubles event. There were singles and doubles events for both boys and girls (players under 18), which was part of the Grade A category of tournaments, and singles, doubles and quad events for men's and women's wheelchair tennis players as part of the NEC tour under the Grand Slam category.
The tournament was played on hard courts and is taking place over a series of 17 courts with DecoTurf surface, including the three main showcourts, Arthur Ashe Stadium, Louis Armstrong Stadium and Grandstand.
Notable events
In winning the women's singles, Serena Williams tied a number of Open Era records:
It was her sixth title tying fellow American Chris Evert.
It was her eighteenth grand slam singles title tying the American record held by Evert and Martina Navratilova.
In winning the men's doubles, Bob and Mike Bryan reached a number of major milestones:
It was their 100th ATP World Tour title as a team.
This was their fifth US Open title, taking them past Bob Lutz and Stan Smith for the most in the Open era, and drawing them level with 1880s players Richard Sears and James Dwight for the most overall.
They also extended their own records for most Grand Slam titles as a team (16) and most consecutive seasons with at least one Grand Slam title (10).
The men's singles final represented the first time a Grand Slam men's singles final had not featured a member of the "Big Four" since the 2005 Australian Open.
Broadcast
The tournament was scheduled to be broadcast in more than 200 countries around the world. In the United States the tournament was broadcast live on CBS, ESPN, and Tennis Channel. CBS ended its 47-year tenure as the broadcast home of the Open. Beginning in 2015, ESPN will have the exclusive television rights to all USTA events, including the Open and the US Open Series.
In 2014, live coverage emanated from seven courts, including Arthur Ashe Stadium, Louis Armstrong Stadium and the Grandstand, as well as Court 5, Court 11, Court 13, and Court 17.
Point and prize money distribution
Point distribution
Below is a series of tables for each of the competitions showing the ranking points on offer for each event.
Senior
Wheelchair
Junior
Prize money
The US Open total prize money for 2014 was increased by 11.7 percent to a record $38,251,760, which potentially could reach over 40 million dollars, as the top three finishers in the Emirates Airline US Open Series may earn up to an additional $2.6 million in bonus money at the US Open.
* per team
Bonus prize money
Top three players in the 2014 US Open Series received bonus prize money, depending on where they finish in the 2014 US Open, according to money schedule below.
Singles players
2014 US Open – Men's singles
2014 US Open – Women's singles
Day-by-day summaries
Events
Seniors
Men's singles
Marin Čilić defeated Kei Nishikori, 6–3, 6–3, 6–3
• It was Čilić's 1st career Grand Slam singles title. He was the first Croatian tennis player to win the US Open.
• Nishikori became the first Japanese tennis player (male or female) to reach the Grand Slam final. He was also the first Asian man to reach the Grand Slam final.
Women's singles
Serena Williams defeated Caroline Wozniacki 6–3, 6–3
• It was Williams' 18th career Grand Slam singles title and her 6th at the US Open. It was her 6th career title of the year.
Men's doubles
Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan defeated Marcel Granollers / Marc López 6–4, 6–3
• It was Bob and Mike's 16th career Grand Slam doubles title and their 5th at the US Open.
Women's doubles
Ekaterina Makarova / Elena Vesnina defeated Martina Hingis / Flavia Pennetta, 2–6, 6–3, 6–2
• It was Makarova and Vesnina's 2nd career Grand Slam doubles titles and their 1st at the US Open.
Mixed doubles
Sania Mirza / Bruno Soares defeated Abigail Spears / Santiago González, 6–1, 2–6, [11–9]
• It was Mirza's 3rd career Grand Slam mixed doubles title and her 1st at the US Open.
• It was Soares' 2nd career Grand Slam mixed doubles title and his 2nd at the US Open.
Juniors
Boys' singles
Omar Jasika defeated Quentin Halys, 2–6, 7–5, 6–1
Girls' singles
Marie Bouzková defeated Anhelina Kalinina, 6–4, 7–6(7–5)
Boys' doubles
Omar Jasika / Naoki Nakagawa defeated Rafael Matos / João Menezes, 6–3, 7–6(8–6)
Girls' doubles
İpek Soylu / Jil Teichmann defeated Vera Lapko / Tereza Mihalíková, 5–7, 6–2, [10–7]
Wheelchair
Wheelchair men's singles
Shingo Kunieda defeated Gustavo Fernández, 7-6(7-0), 6-4
Wheelchair women's singles
Yui Kamiji defeated Aniek van Koot, 6–3, 6–3
Wheelchair quad singles
Andrew Lapthorne defeated David Wagner, 7–5, 6–2
Wheelchair men's doubles
Stéphane Houdet / Shingo Kunieda defeated Gordon Reid / Maikel Scheffers, 6–2, 2–6, 7–6(7–4)
Wheelchair women's doubles
Yui Kamiji / Jordanne Whiley defeated Jiske Griffioen / Aniek van Koot, 6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Wheelchair quad doubles
Nick Taylor / David Wagner defeated Andrew Lapthorne / Lucas Sithole, 6–3, 7–5
Singles seeds
Seedings are based on rankings as of August 18, 2014. Rankings and points before are as of August 25, 2014.
Men's singles
Withdrawn players
Women's singles
†The player did not qualify for the tournament in 2013. Accordingly, this was the 16th best result deducted instead.
Withdrawn players
Doubles seeds
Men's doubles
1 Rankings are as of August 18, 2014.
Women's doubles
1 Rankings are as of August 18, 2014.
Mixed doubles
1 Rankings are as of August 18, 2014.
Wild card entries
Men's Singles
Jared Donaldson
Marcos Giron
Ryan Harrison
Michaël Llodra
Wayne Odesnik
Noah Rubin
Tim Smyczek
Bernard Tomic
Source: USTA – Men's Singles Wild Cards
Women's Singles
Catherine Bellis
Madison Brengle
Danielle Collins
Jarmila Gajdošová
Nicole Gibbs
Amandine Hesse
Grace Min
Taylor Townsend
Source: USTA – Women's Singles Wild Cards
Men's Doubles
Chase Buchanan / Tennys Sandgren
Jared Donaldson / Michael Russell
Marcos Giron / Kevin King
Bradley Klahn / Tim Smyczek
Peter Kobelt / Hunter Reese
Stefan Kozlov / Noah Rubin
Michael Mmoh / Francis Tiafoe
Source: USTA – Men's Doubles Wild Cards
Women's Doubles
Tornado Alicia Black / Bernarda Pera
Jennifer Brady / Samantha Crawford
Louisa Chirico / Katerina Stewart
Irina Falconi / Anna Tatishvili
Nicole Gibbs / Maria Sanchez
Grace Min / Melanie Oudin
Asia Muhammad / Taylor Townsend
Source: USTA – Women's Doubles Wild Cards
Mixed Doubles
Tornado Alicia Black / Ernesto Escobedo
Jacqueline Cako / Joel Kielbowicz
Lauren Davis / Nicholas Monroe
Christina McHale / Stefan Kozlov
Asia Muhammad / Taylor Harry Fritz
Melanie Oudin / Rajeev Ram
Shelby Rogers / Bradley Klahn
Taylor Townsend / Donald Young
Source: USTA – Mixed Doubles Wild Cards
Qualifiers entries
Men's singles
Marco Chiudinelli
Niels Desein
Filip Krajinović
Facundo Bagnis
Yoshihito Nishioka
Illya Marchenko
Andreas Beck
Alexander Kudryavtsev
Peter Gojowczyk
Taro Daniel
Tatsuma Ito
Matthias Bachinger
James McGee
Steve Darcis
Radu Albot
Borna Ćorić
Women's singles
Wang Qiang
Maryna Zanevska
Lesia Tsurenko
Alla Kudryavtseva
Ashleigh Barty
Ksenia Pervak
Françoise Abanda
Duan Yingying
Ons Jabeur
Aleksandra Krunić
Chan Yung-jan
Anastasia Rodionova
Mirjana Lučić-Baroni
Paula Kania
Zheng Saisai
Aliaksandra Sasnovich
Protected ranking
The following players were accepted directly into the main draw using a protected ranking:
Women's Singles
Romina Oprandi (PR 40)
Withdrawals
The following players were accepted directly into the main tournament, but withdrew with injuries.
Before the tournament
Men's Singles
Nicolás Almagro → replaced by Damir Džumhur
Juan Martín del Potro → replaced by Máximo González
Alexandr Dolgopolov → replaced by Albert Montañés
Tommy Haas → replaced by Marcos Baghdatis
Florian Mayer → replaced by Simone Bolelli
Rafael Nadal → replaced by Kenny de Schepper
Stéphane Robert → replaced by Evgeny Donskoy
Women's Singles
Victoria Duval → replaced by Virginie Razzano
Alisa Kleybanova → replaced by Shelby Rogers
Li Na → replaced by Aleksandra Wozniak
See also
US Open (tennis)
References
External links
Official website
2014 ATP World Tour
2014 in American tennis
2014 in tennis
2014 WTA Tour
2014
2014 in sports in New York City
August 2014 sports events in the United States
September 2014 sports events in the United States